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Welcome to the second of the Airmageddon semifinals.

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-32 drone teams started this journey to air supremacy...

-Ohh!

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-..but after crashes, dashes, and flights of glory...

-Oh, yes!

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..only eight of the UK's finest fliers remain.

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Now, four of these teams, with their customised drones,

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-will duel it out for a coveted place...

-Go for it.

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..in the grand final, to take the trophy and the title.

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But who will triumph? Find out in Airmageddon, the semifinals.

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Welcome to our semifinals here on Airmageddon.

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We've got four returning teams, all winners in their own right, but

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now they're really going to have to raise their game if they want

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to earn a place in our grand final.

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Yup, they might be the best of the best, but will they better our new

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and improved airsault course, and the tougher trials of the airena?

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Yes, we've ramped up the difficulty for the semis.

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The question is, can they handle it?

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I think so. These guys hope so.

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-BOTH:

-Let's meet our aviators.

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First up, and spinning into action, it's Team Vortex!

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Second to emerge, it's Grenville's Guardians.

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Next out it's those cunning Flying Foxes.

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And finally, flying out, it's Air Farce One.

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Good luck, teams.

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Welcome back, semifinalists.

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Are you guys ready to take on Airmageddon again?

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-ALL:

-Yeah!

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Excellent stuff. OK, well, Grenville's Guardians.

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So, Benji, you've been here before, right?

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How excited are you to be doing it again?

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-I'm crazily excited. It's actually amazing.

-Brilliant.

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Flying Foxes, how have you been preparing for this, the semifinals?

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In the time that we've had we've been practising loads.

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-So, prepare, everyone, to be beaten.

-Ooh!

-Oh, ho-ho!

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They're sounding really confident!

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Well, there you have it, our four semifinalists.

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But thankfully, only one PIG.

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PIG? Where is he?

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PIG GRUNTS

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These guys are supposed to be the best of the best,

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so for the semifinal the airsault course

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has been beefed up to provide a meatier test.

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And I don't mean we're rolled the PIG in a bacon blanket.

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It's not Christmas! Chill out!

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Sure, there's four of your standard airsault gates to navigate,

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you've seen them before. But don't be complacent.

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The pesky Pillars provide a potent early challenge,

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before it's time to deliver a sack of drones through the letterboxes.

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Teams must feel their way through the foggy corridor like

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blind mice along a skirting board before something

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so dynamic it will blow their tiny minds...

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A horizontal gate!

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Breaking news! We've literally flipped the Earth on its axis!

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Then, the big one. A souped-up vortex.

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Toned up, tuned up, it's more powerful,

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and stretched as high as a school prom limo.

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Hollywood flying required.

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Then, over the line and home in time for din-dins, but slack off

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in this semi, and you'll be the team left eating scraps on your way home.

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Four drones versus our beefed up airsault course, versus the clock,

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versus one of our resident drones.

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Let's find out who's on patrol and causing havoc.

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Spin the selector.

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It's the DRAGON.

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Yes, it's tetchy, it's unreliable,

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and it has breath that could strip paint. It's my sister!

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I mean, the DRAGON!

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Well, the airsault course has got tougher,

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but are our aviators tough enough?

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Let's find out. It's Grenville's Guardians!

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First to face this turbo-charged semifinal airsault course is

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Grenville's Guardians.

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Aviator Benji is a county-level basketball player,

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so airtime should not be a problem.

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With wing-uncle and speedy biker Stuart,

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they had a tricky time in their heat, scraping through the

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airsault course in third, not least because of this epic move.

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Look at that!

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Good recovery.

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But took joint first in the bottle bash, and then raised their

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game even more for glory with a 4-0 squashing of the Arachnerds.

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Seemed harsh - they could have just put them out the window!

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Welcome back.

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Are you going to try and repeat that kind of showmanship today?

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Um. Not really, I think today I'm going to try and get a good,

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steady speed and then maybe leave the acrobatics until the final.

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Right, and I think sensible is going to be key, because out there

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today the airsault course... It's really, really difficult.

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So, I'm wishing you both good luck!

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Aviators - stand by.

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Fire up your motors. Rev up your rotors.

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You're cleared for take off!

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Yo, Marshy, had a spruce up for the big semi?

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Got yourself some new voice software?

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Have you got a new face, yet?

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Wow, that's harsh, man.

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I just prefer voice work, OK?

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Launch in three...

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two...

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one.

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And Benji lifts the Guardians into the airena for the first run

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of the semifinal airsault course.

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Will the pressure of flying first for a final spot throw them

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into a frenzy of furious flameouts and failures?

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Or will I get over this terrible fixation with the letter F?

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Textbook moving through the first gate,

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like one of Benji's famous lasagnes sliding into the oven at home.

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Cheesy.

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Watch those flames, though,

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or this green-flagged monster of a drone could be toasted cheese.

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That's it. Come around. That's it.

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This is steady and smooth stuff from Benji, here.

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-Can I do a flip?

-That's it. No, no, no flips.

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Flips? Are you mad, Benji?

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Remember what happened last time!

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Sure, it looked great and you got all that fan mail from

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the Red Arrows and Tom Daley, but man.

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Oh, he's joking. LOLs.

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Second letterbox signed and sealed.

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You're doing so well, fella.

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He's shaky and not very bakey, but he's through the hoop.

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It's not a hoop, sorry! It's a gate. Gate.

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But the foggy corridor is where teams can come unstuck.

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Crosswinds, four big Pillars,

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and that fog is harvested directly from my bathroom after a long soak.

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Then you're coming back to us and you're through this hoop, yeah?

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But not a bother for Benji. Stuart really doesn't have much to do.

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This ice-cool aviator owns this show.

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But now for the horizontal gate.

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Getting a perfect glidepath up,

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and then smoothly down is a real test of spatial awareness.

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And - oh!

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-You've got it, you've got it!

-That's a rim strike.

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You'd expect a slam dunk from a basketball nut,

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but instead he's tried an in-off, and thrown his team into a spin.

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And has it shaken Benji's bottle?

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No, he's handling this wrapped-up airsault course like a pro.

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He plays rugby at home,

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so a little dink on the drone is nothing to this fly half.

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Get it?

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So, onto the new, more vertically volumous vortex.

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Right, now you can go up.

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Throw it up, mate.

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This aviator letting the updraft do the work, here.

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Just needs to maintain a steady hand if he's to navigate the new

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blocking bars at the top of The Vortex.

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And they're through! Awesome air time!

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Now, a race to the final gate. Don't lose focus, gents.

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Nobody wants to see a near-perfect run shattered into

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a million pieces, and your dreams in tatters.

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Well, except maybe the DRAGON and the other teams.

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It looks like Dragon's finally ready to release the jalfrezi at

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the final pass.

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That was close! The drone getting a seat warmer, there!

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-But Benji has sold DRAGON a hard-court dummy.

-Well done.

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And he floors it over the line for a finishing time 2.56.

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Good work there, but is that time competitive on the souped-up course?

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Time will tell.

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Grenville's Guardians!

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Oh, my gosh, Benji, you made that look super easy.

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-But, you did find our horizontal hoop a little bit tricky.

-Yeah.

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What happened there?

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I kind of... I thought I was going straight through the middle,

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but I wasn't. I was a bit closer.

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-Do you think you've done enough to get through?

-Yeah.

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Well, we shall see.

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Net, it's Team Vortex.

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Aviator Joel is a veteran model flyer,

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and so is dad and wingman Christian.

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And didn't they prove it in their heat.

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With a covetous 26 second airsault course lead.

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They only took laps by a drone's nose, though,

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but reasserted themselves with a 4-2 dust up in The Dogfight.

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Eat my lasers!

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Joel, last time,

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you were the fastest around the airsault course in your heats.

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What are you going to do to kind of replicate that success?

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Bearing in mind that it is more difficult now.

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I'm going to attack everything and do it as quickly and

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efficiently as I can.

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Brilliant. Fingers crossed, OK. Aviators.

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It's the semifinal. Stand by.

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Fire up your motors. Rev up those rotors.

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You're cleared for takeoff.

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Look at them, waving and smiling.

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But will they be waving and smiling at the end, or crying and rocking?

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Vortex launch in three...

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two...

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one.

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-Go.

-Team Vortex are away.

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Go on. Go on, go on.

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Clear, push through.

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Lovely. Roll right.

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That is one vocal wingdad.

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And Joel racing through the first Pillars, too.

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Will he use some of his dance skills?

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-Come back, come back.

-Well, that's like no dance I've ever seen!

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What would you call that? The Swing About A Bit And Nearly Crash dance?

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It ain't pretty, but it's quick.

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-A bit like the Air Marshall on the toilet.

-At least I flush.

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Once, all right! And there had been an incredible amount of popcorn!

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Push on. Push. There you go. Lovely.

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Yes, express delivery through the letterboxes, there.

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Dad Christian is really working hard with the directions as

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his young son and pilot feels the pressure of this semifinal.

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In you come, in you come. Push on a little bit.

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Forward, forward.

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And Team Vortex looking to be tasting the turbulence in the

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-not-so-foggy corridor!

-And again, and again. Right.

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-Right, the horizontal gate.

-Come on, Joel, it's the semi, up you go.

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-Straight up, straight up.

-Joel, of course, does parkour.

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Will that help him now?

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Yes! He's smashed it. And now for the all-new vortex for Team Vortex.

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Any suggestion that they've inside knowledge of how this works in

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a sponsor tie-in is utterly denied by their lawyers.

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They're in. But can they ride the thermals clear of the bars?

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They can!

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DRAGON not happy about that, but his puff looks a bit puny there.

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They're through the next gates, but DRAGON is angry,

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and brought a bit extra to the party.

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Flaming Nora!

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But Joel throws a ballroom-swerve to slip past the DRAGON, and 1.33?!

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-That's madness!

-Good lad.

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That's right, Christian. Joel has earned some props there.

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There was a bit of a wobble halfway through.

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They're normally sure assured. Look at that effort there, though.

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I mean, that time was sick.

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Team Vortex! Wow!

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Come in. Joel, 1.33. How do you feel about that?

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It's amazing. I can't believe...

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I've beat my other score, so it's great.

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Well, you're definitely through.

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There are two more teams left.

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Not sure anyone's going to beat that time.

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Time confirmed.

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That was some serious speed by Team Vortex, who come in at 1.33,

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to knock a whopping 1.23 of the Guardians' time.

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That puts the greens into the drop zone and sets Vortex up as

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the early favourites for the final.

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The Flying Foxes, Rohan and Dhruv, are enthusiastic flyers,

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and that's gone a long way when the odds were stacked against them.

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Second place in their airsault,

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a scoreless second spot in the drop...

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Aww! No!

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But, a convincing 4-1 dogfight win proves that staying power and

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-persistence...

-We won!

-..pays off in the end.

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So, Rohan, now that you're up here in the semifinals,

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what do you make of the new airsault course?

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-It looks good, but we're still going to beat it.

-Ha-ha!

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He's just so confident.

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Without further ado, let's get you I the air.

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Aviators - stand by.

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Get your motors started. Get your rotors revved.

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You're cleared for takeoff!

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Flying Foxes launch in three...

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two...

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one.

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The Flying Foxes are very much the peoples' champions.

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-They've captured hearts...if not any records.

-Forward.

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They need to find some extra ninja-style Zen for the

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semifinal, or it's sayonara.

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Let's join them at the last letterboxes,

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having roundhouse kicked all the previous obstacles' bottoms.

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-Forward.

-And their rotors are ka-rat-ey!

-What?

-ka-rat-ey!

-Pardon?

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All right, karate chopping through the air to take them through

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to that gate.

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Down... Oh, I can't see it.

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Round for the foggy corridor.

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Visibility down to just centimetres in there.

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But these two spent 13 years sat on top of a volcano

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contemplating drone-flying through fog. True fact.

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Right, go left, go left.

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So, can their martial arts sixth sense guide them through?

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-Ooh, that's almost... It's close to touching down.

-Up.

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-Nearly a judo roll up and back into action for a lotus leap.

-Whoa!

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Into the air again, and through the horizontal gate.

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They are absorbing the pressure, here,

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of this semifinal, like a sumo-wrestler's fundoshi.

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A sumo-wrester's pants, that is.

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All right, down, down.

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Oh! The DRAGON's in the air.

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-Nasty side, that.

-Wow.

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And the DRAGON bringing something a bit extra to the party, there.

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-We're looking for a line through.

-Yeah?

-Yep.

-Beneath?

-Yep.

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Into The Vortex.

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-Whoa!

-Steady, Will.

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-You're up. Go back.

-That was cool.

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Rohan and Dhruv never give up, they never say die,

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but have they got enough to hold their Zen on the final obstacles?

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Peoples' champion or not, DRAGON deploys the fiery tongue of fury..

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-Left, left, lots, lots.

-But Rohan and Dhruv

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go low, determined, and over the line in 2.36.

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And Rohan looks relieved.

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It think it was harder than he expected in the revamped

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airsault course.

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I think, hand on heart, he didn't know too much about The Vortex

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after he got the drone in position.

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But right place right time is all that matters in the semifinal.

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Flying Foxes, wow! You flew round that course, didn't you?

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-How did you find it out there?

-Easy. It was very easy.

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Well, as it stands, you know, you're going to go through to the

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next round, so let's go and see the final people, how they get on.

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Time confirmed.

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The semifinal leaderboard is shaping up.

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Firmly on top with a white-hot 1.33 is Team Vortex.

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Sliding into second are the Flying Foxes.

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Not a patch on Vortex, but 2.36 is still a good 20 seconds

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quicker than current drop-zone residents Grenville's Guardians.

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Next up, Air Farce One are Alex and wingman dad, Hugh.

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Alex likes anything with wheels, even one wheel.

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No, not a wheelbarrow, he's got a unicycle.

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Dad Hugh is a cool-headed company man,

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and that cool head helped set up their win in their heat by

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smashing their leaderboard with a whopping 30 second lead in airsault.

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They never looked back, with a clean 5-bunch sweep in balloon burst...

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-Ooh!

-..before a dogfight victory over Team Parallel.

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How seriously are you taking it now you're here in the semis?

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-Oh, we're pretty serious now.

-Yeah?

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Oh, yeah, we really enjoyed the heat, but now we're here to compete.

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And that's a treat for all the drones on the street.

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But if your stomachs get nervous, we'll put down a sheet!

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I love a good poem, me.

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Fire up your motors, rev up your rotors.

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You're cleared for takeoff!

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Air Farce One launch in three...

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two...

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one.

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Air Farce One are on the run, and if they get hungry, they'll have a...

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-Enough rhyming.

-Yeah, OK.

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The fast launch into the airena for the final of these semifinal runs.

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And as we join them at the letterboxes, there is nothing

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farcical about the time about the time from the Derbyshire drone.

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-Perfect.

-Very confident flying.

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Letterbox one taken on and conquered with no hesitation.

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That corner is a bit of time lost, though. Here, look.

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90 degrees bad...

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45 degrees good.

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A bit to the yellow.

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-Arcing a little wide for letterbox three.

-Left a bit.

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Alex needs to heed dad Hugh's advice, there.

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This is farcical flight control, he's flying like he's...

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on a unicycle...

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-on a beach ball.

-Slow down a bit.

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They'll need to compose themselves.

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No, Hugh, that isn't...

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Hugh, just spit more rhymes!

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Down into the gap for the parallel bars.

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You'll be spitting rotor blades if you farce your way through

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the foggy corridor, but Alex has found the perfect balance and

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the fog has parted on this run.

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That's the best pass through so far!

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-Higher...

-This being a semifinal, the pressure is sure to show.

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-Left, left, left...

-Alex looks like he needs the loo.

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Somebody get the sheet, quick! The pressure's too much.

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-What do you mean that's his concentrating face?

-Back down.

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This is excellent flying, it has to be said.

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They are really going for it, this time. They are really going.

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Yes, Will, it's the semifinal. Everyone's going for it.

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A tense watch for Grenville's Guardians.

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Could The Vortex be a blink and miss it affair?

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OK, maybe not, but still pacey,

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and a springboard for the gate.

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Uh-oh, the DRAGON is there.

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That's right, Will, but I think the DRAGON is part-timing this, today.

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He's a bit-player, a holiday lizard

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with rotors, at best.

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Over the line 1.50.

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That's great.

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Not too steady.

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There was some fairly farcical wobbles around the course,

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but Alex and you-know-Hugh were steady where it counted.

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Well done.

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OK, well, let's find out how you did. Air Marshall.

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Time confirmed.

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So, let's look at the final airsault leader board, and Air Farce take

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second place beneath Team Vortex, who cement their place at the top.

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No surprises that Flying Foxes stay above the drop,

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as Grenville's over-cautious run roots them to the drop zone.

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Out of the semifinal and grounded for good. Sorry, fellas.

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It does mean...

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Grenville's Guardians, you have been fabulous, but, for now,

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can we give them a round of applause?

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Because, Grenville Guardians, you are grounded.

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Can I ask you leave?

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So, Grenville's Guardians have powered down their

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first-person view and set aside their controller.

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Three more teams look ahead to being victorious here in the airena.

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PIG GRUNTS

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Ah. And here's PIG to show them how it's done.

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What's the best thing to do when you see a wall? Lean on it? Nah.

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Paint a mural? Maybe.

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No, you smash it down, you fools!

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In this semifinal Wallbusters, we attach wrecking balls to the drones.

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I think you can probably guess the rest. This is Wallbusters!

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The two teams who knock down the walls the quickest will fly

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into The Dogfight.

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Blink and you'll miss them, they're sneaky, cheeky,

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and they live in your mattress. It's The Bugs.

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Batteries are recharged, wrecking balls are attached.

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The drones are ready, but are our aviators?

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-ALL:

-Yeah!

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Excellent stuff. OK. Now, Rohan, this is the semifinal.

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How much would it mean to you to get through this round, into

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The Dogfight, and be in with a chance of

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getting through to the grand final?

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It would mean everything to us, we've come this far.

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It would just be so sad to lose now, so, yeah.

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Excellent. Well, I'm sure all the teams feel the same,

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so I think we should get this game underway.

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Are we all ready for a smashing game?

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RECORD SCRATCH Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

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Did Will just crack a terrible pun, there? I believe he did.

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Can I get a rewind?

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Are we all ready for a smashing game?

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Smashing game...sma-sma-sma-smashing game?

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DRUMROLL He actually did!

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And did you get the pun?

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-ALL:

-Yeah.

-All right, then.

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-All right, fair enough.

-Aviators - stand by.

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Check your systems.

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Rev up your rotors.

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You're cleared for takeoff!

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So, red, yellow and blue teams lined up and ready to race.

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Launch in three...

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-two...

-Here we go.

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..one.

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Right, no messing, here. Well, plenty of messing, hopefully.

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This is the mother of all games.

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Smash the wall down in this semifinal,

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and you're through to the final Dogfight.

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-Oh, back you come.

-And that's two down for the blue of Air Farce One.

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None for Vortex in red.

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Oh, hang on, back for one...

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Two points looking like a big score in this game.

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-It's going to be tight as the producer's wallet.

-Push.

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Oh, another quick one for the Farce. Foxes one...no...two!

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The reds, Team Vortex, make it five... No, seven!

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Vortex opening up a solid lead, here.

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Hello, Air Farce One spread themselves and farce down

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another three.

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Now you're unicycling on gas.

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Take them out, take them out. That's it.

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Three points for the foxes! Back in the game, never doubted it.

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But still reds Vortex and the Farce tickle their totals upwards,

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sensing glory.

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Yes, Joel. Lovely. Come on. Nice and easy. Nice and easy.

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Oh, and that's a game changer from the yellow Foxes!

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But look at that, they nearly took themselves out

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with their great pendulous ball.

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And a slam into the launchpad. We all missed that!

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Rohan is like a fox in the headlights, up there.

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No brick is safe. But let's hope he doesn't get flattened himself!

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He's got the bit between his teeth. A fox-sized bit.

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Yes, Joel.

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This is as tough and tight a round as Airmageddon has ever produced.

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Look, the Farce, well, welcome back to the show, guys.

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Careful...

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15-12-9, still very close, here.

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Oh, that was a hare's whisker away!

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Ahh!

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I do love this game.

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Just go for the top one so you don't hit it with the drone.

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Wise words from Hugh, there,

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but perhaps now is time to throw caution to the wind.

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The Foxes are pushing hard, like a furry bulldozer,

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to make The Dogfight.

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Yes. One more to do, and then we can land.

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That's right, Christian.

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All in all there's just another brick in the wall left for you guys.

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-AIR MARSHALL:

-Team Vortex, round complete.

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And Team Vortex clean the board, as the Farce draw level with the Foxes.

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Vortex land safely with their precious place in the final secure.

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Well done, Vortex.

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This is as tight as a sumo wrestler on a unicycle saddle.

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Get the tenpin bowling ball out, hit the killer brick!

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-A thump to 17 for the Foxes. Will the Farce respond?

-Nice and steady.

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Get it in a line and just drive away from you.

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Just drive away from you.

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-Oh! Farce are down!

-Oh!

-Farce are down.

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Alex is gutted, and Air Farce One is flipped.

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The Flying Foxes take out their last brick, and...

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Whoa! Whoa!

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Hang on, there's a crash, too. Now, this is interesting.

0:21:180:21:20

Does the crash void the second place?

0:21:200:21:22

There's going to be some head-scratching in the

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Air Marshall's office. Actually, don't scratch your head

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with your rotors, Marshall, that wouldn't be pretty.

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And the replay shows Farce took out their final brick with their

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rotors, which led to the crash.

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And Rowan recklessly threw the drone at the deck.

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It was a great finish, but will that cost them?

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Scores verified.

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So, to the leaderboard,

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and a conclusive first position for Team Vortex.

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And taking that other coveted dogfight spot...

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it's Flying Foxes!

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They completed Wallbuster before they hit the deck,

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which means they are through.

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That means Air Farce One exit stage left,

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and are grounded.

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-Congratulations, first of all, to Team Vortex!

-Yeah!

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You guys go through to The Dogfight with the time advantage.

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The team that will be joining them is going to be...

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-Flying Foxes.

-Yes!

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Because, guys, you managed to get all of blocks down.

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Unfortunately, that does mean that because, Air Farce One,

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you crashed and there is a block remaining,

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you guys are grounded.

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But you made it to the semifinals,

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Have you enjoyed being an aviator?

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Yeah, I'll never get a chance to fly something like that ever again.

0:22:230:22:26

-But it's been well worth it?

-It's been well worth it.

-Fantastic.

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And never say never, guys. Maybe we'll see you

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-back here another time...

-All right.

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..to do even better. Congratulations to you lot.

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I'll see you in The Dogfight.

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So, time for our two surviving semifinalists to lock rotors

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and targeting systems on each other.

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This is a dangerous and dynamic drone duel between two

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quick-firing pilots.

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As always, both flying machines have four lives.

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Take a hit, and they'll lose on of them. This is The Dogfight.

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It's The Dogfight. The big one.

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For a place in the final.

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Aviators do the flying, wingmen do the targeting.

0:23:060:23:09

Hit your opponents sensor four times,

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and avoid getting hit yourself, and glory is yours.

0:23:110:23:14

They also have to stay in the combat zone

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or risk retaliation from one of our resident drones.

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Who's got it in for them here in The Dogfight?

0:23:210:23:24

Spin the selector.

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It's the WASP.

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Fast, and quite literally with a sting in its tail,

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this is one of the fiercest drones in the game.

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Don't try and catch this one in a jam jar,

0:23:350:23:37

unless you've got a two-metre wide jam jar, unlikely.

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So, remember, if you stray out of the combat zone,

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the WASP may engage.

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And that's not going to be pleasant, but guys,

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this is The Dogfight for a place in the grand final.

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Teams, have you got anything you want to say to each other?

0:23:520:23:54

-Foxes never, ever quit.

-You're going down.

-Ooh.

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There we go, and those words take on a extra edge when there is

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so much to play for in the semifinal.

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All right, then, let's get this battle underway.

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Aviators - stand by.

0:24:060:24:08

Calibrate your sights.

0:24:100:24:12

Rev up your rotors.

0:24:120:24:13

This is the Dogfight.

0:24:130:24:16

You're cleared for take off.

0:24:160:24:18

Vortex launch in three...

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two...

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-one.

-Scramble.

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Flying Foxes launch in three...

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two...

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one.

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The heat is on in this semifinal dogfight.

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And a crucial five-second lead for deadly, dancing Team Vortex

0:24:340:24:37

means they activate their lasers and get set for attack while

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the Foxes play catch up.

0:24:400:24:42

Both teams now squaring up in this inferno of an airena.

0:24:420:24:45

The ruthless red Vortex draw first as expected,

0:24:450:24:48

but that is a rangefinder at best.

0:24:480:24:50

Foxes wingman Dhruv summons the spirit of the ninja,

0:24:500:24:52

and attempts to lock on to, well, thin air, there.

0:24:520:24:55

But good to get the thumb warmed-up, Dhruv.

0:24:550:24:57

-Vortex lock on - and it's a strike!

-Oh, no, they hit us.

0:24:570:25:00

Yes they have, Rohan. You guys left yourselves wide open, there.

0:25:000:25:03

Time to get your black belt on and get back into the fight.

0:25:030:25:06

Bobbing and weaving from both teams. Defensive stuff.

0:25:090:25:11

It's not crowd-pleasing, but they're not here to make friends.

0:25:110:25:16

-Shoot, shoot, shoot...

-I'm shooting. I'm shooting.

0:25:160:25:19

But the Flying Foxes make it count with a superb strike!

0:25:210:25:24

That's stunning targeting from wingman Dhruv.

0:25:250:25:28

That's black belt, second dan thumb-work, mate.

0:25:280:25:31

One-a-piece. It's back to the fight. Game on.

0:25:310:25:33

Oh! They're coming close to us! They're coming close!

0:25:350:25:38

And red-faced Team Vortex are angry now. Pride is hurt.

0:25:380:25:42

Whoa! Double strike!

0:25:420:25:43

Two hits without so much as a heartbeat between them,

0:25:430:25:46

that's merciless stuff from Vortex!

0:25:460:25:48

And they look so friendly in the flesh.

0:25:480:25:50

Kicking the Foxes while they're down.

0:25:500:25:52

One strike, then another slap down! The Foxes are a furry mess.

0:25:520:25:55

At this rate, they'll be back sniffing round bins in no time.

0:25:550:25:58

And they're reeling.

0:25:580:26:00

They're struggling, Fox-juice burning off in the atmosphere, here.

0:26:000:26:04

Rohan struggling to keep them in the air,

0:26:050:26:07

but Dhruv still getting the shots away.

0:26:070:26:09

As they make a tactical, samurai retreat.

0:26:090:26:12

Keep going. Your left.

0:26:140:26:16

WASP is finally getting involved.

0:26:160:26:17

Perhaps a mercy mission to buy the Foxes some time.

0:26:170:26:20

-Oh, and...

-Oh, no.

-Vortex have hit the final blow.

0:26:220:26:25

Wingman dad Christian making no mistake.

0:26:250:26:27

Vortex look like a flea on a Fox,

0:26:290:26:31

sucking the lifeblood out of their attempt on the final.

0:26:310:26:34

Sorry, fellas.

0:26:340:26:35

Dogfight scores confirmed.

0:26:350:26:37

Well, what a semifinal we have been treated to.

0:26:370:26:40

And after leading the first two rounds, it's no surprise that

0:26:400:26:43

Team Vortex decimated the valiant Foxes, taking all of their lives and

0:26:430:26:47

losing only one of theirs on their way to claim The Dogfight crown.

0:26:470:26:51

Team Vortex are today's winners by taking all four of the

0:26:510:26:54

Flying Foxes lives, and only losing one. Yourself, Joel!

0:26:540:26:57

-You're into the final!

-Oh, my God, this is amazing. I can't believe it.

0:26:570:27:01

-How are you feeling, Christian.

-Yeah. Really proud, really proud.

0:27:010:27:03

Guys, you were so good. Congratulations, guys.

0:27:030:27:06

Amazing stuff.

0:27:060:27:07

Unfortunately, Flying Foxes, Rohan, Dhruv, that does mean that,

0:27:070:27:11

despite some incredible battling out there, you are grounded.

0:27:110:27:15

Have you had a good time on Airmageddon, though?

0:27:150:27:17

It's been amazing. We've just been...

0:27:170:27:20

We're so lucky to have had this experience.

0:27:200:27:23

You did really, really well.

0:27:230:27:24

Dhruv, did you ever think you'd get this far?

0:27:240:27:27

No. But we got this far, so it's fine.

0:27:270:27:29

Guys, well done, but that does mean, Team Vortex,

0:27:290:27:31

you're through to the final. How does that sound?

0:27:310:27:34

It's amazing, I can't wait to get out there and fly.

0:27:340:27:36

I can't wait to see you fly either, guys. Well done.

0:27:360:27:39

But, for now, it's time for Airmageddon to power down.

0:27:390:27:42

And for these guys to step up.

0:27:420:27:43

Next time, the talking stops as the rotors spin

0:27:500:27:53

for the final time.

0:27:530:27:54

Team Vortex line up against the other semifinal winners,

0:27:540:27:57

This Way Up, to see who will take the crown as series two champions.

0:27:570:28:01

Yes, it's the Airmageddon Grand Final!

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Airmageddon power down.

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